Yélou

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Rural parish of Yélou
Yélou rural community (Niger)
Rural parish of Yélou
Rural parish of Yélou
Coordinates 12 ° 16 '  N , 3 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 12 ° 16 '  N , 3 ° 35'  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

Dosso
department Gaya
ISO 3166-2 NE-3
surface 1135 km²
Residents 68,404 (2012)
density 60.3  Ew. / km²
politics
mayor Moumouni Moussa (2004)
Political party PNDS Tarayya

Yélou (German outdated: Yelu ) is a rural community in the Gaya department in Niger .

geography

Yélou is located in the Dendi region and in the Sudan region and borders the neighboring state of Nigeria in the east . The neighboring communities in Niger are Dioundiou in the north, Bana , Gaya and Tanda in the south and Farey , Gollé and Sambéra in the west. There are 54 villages, 131 hamlets and 22 camps in the municipality of Yélou. The main town of the rural community is the village of Yélou. Other larger villages are Malgorou and Kawara N'Débé .

The large, periodically water-bearing dry valleys Dallol Foga and Dallol Maouri run through the municipality in a north-south direction .

history

Yélou was founded by the Tyenga ethnic group who settled in the area of ​​today's Gaya department in the 17th century. The German Africa explorer Heinrich Barth visited the place in 1853. The French colonial administration made Yélou a canton at the beginning of the 20th century . The rural community of Yélou emerged from the canton of Yélou in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform.

population

At the 2001 census, Yélou had 45,496 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 68,404.

politics

Moumouni Moussa ( PNDS-Tarayya ) was elected mayor in the local elections in July 2004 .

Economy and Infrastructure

In the east of the municipality, irrigation farming is practiced, the west belongs to a zone in which rain-fed agriculture is predominant. There are several weekly markets in Yélou. Market day is Monday in the main town of Yélou and in the village of Kawara N'Débé, and Friday in the village of Malgorou.

Personalities

literature

  • Fanta Keïta: Impact de la dégradation du bassin versant sur la mare de Sormo . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2003.
  • R. Rochette, J.-D. Gronoff, F. Masseport and A. Valançot: Douméga, Dioundiou, Kawara Débé, villages des Dallols Maouri et Fogha. Monographies comparées (=  Etudes nigériennes . No. 19 ). IFAN, Niamey 1966.
  • Sama Souley Kamba: Pratiques paysannes de gestion de la fertilité des sols dans le département de Gaya. Cas du terroir villageois de Kawara N'Debe . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olivier Walther: Sons of the Soil and Conquerors Who Came on Foot: The Historical Evolution of a West African Border Region . In: African Studies Quarterly . Vol. 13, No. 1 & 2 , 2012, p. 77 ( sites.clas.ufl.edu [PDF; accessed November 4, 2018]).
  2. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 166–170 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
  3. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
  4. ↑ M. Tiepolo, M. Ali, M. Bacci, S. Braccio, H. Issa, AZ Oumarou: Analyze du risque d'inondation dans les communes de la Région de Dosso au Niger, 1998-2016. (PDF) Projet ANADIA 2.0, report no. 5. Agence Italienne pour la Coopération au Développement, 2018, p. 10 , accessed on April 26, 2018 (French).
  5. ↑ Problematique you générale Foncier dans la commune urbaine de Gaya (PDF, 1.4 MB). Website of the development aid organization SNV, published December 2008, accessed on November 23, 2013.
  6. ^ Heinrich Barth: Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa . Fourth volume. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1858, p. 233 .
  7. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 241.
  8. ^ Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version ; PDF; 3.1 MB), p. 54.
  9. ↑ Presentation of the result globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French).
  10. ^ Maires du PNDS. (PDF) PNDS-Tarayya , archived from the original on December 2, 2013 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (French).
  11. ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ; PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.savethechildren.org.uk
  12. ↑ Olivier Walther: Affaires de patrons. Villes et commerce transfrontalier au Sahel . Peter Lang, Bern 2008, ISBN 978-3-03911-468-9 , p. 193.